MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX: 'Thank You, New York'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has checked in from the band's "The Route of All Evil" tour with fellow music veterans AEROSMITH with the following update:

"Last night [Monday, Sept. 28] we played the 35th anniversary of the Hard Rock Café's private party. All the usual and unusual characters were there… fun night. Steven Tyler [AEROSMITH] came on and did 'Helter Skelter' with us.

"Tonight we have the second show at Jones Beach… and then we're back on the road (being in New York for five days has left the luggage under our eyes a little more visible)

"Royal Underground [Nikki's clothing line] had a boatload of appointments by day and MÖTLEY by night… and then the after parties and fashion shows...

"Thank you, New York… But a bigger thank you to mom and dad for not being from here… I can't imagine the havoc I would have wreaked living here growing up… Well, actually, I can…"

A short video clip of Steven Tyler performing "Helter Skelter" with MÖTLEY CRÜE can be found at YouTube.com.

Sixx recently told John Benson of Billboard.com that he's in no rush to begin work on the band's next sudio album, despite previous reports to the contrary.

"There's a lot of [new] music but I don't feel any urgency," he said. "I guess in a perfect world, the ['The Dirt'] movie and the album and the tour would all kind of come at the same time. But in the MÖTLEY world, I doubt it."

The CRÜE's journey is about to be transformed onto the silver screen with an MTV Films/Paramount project that is slated to move into production this fall. The biopic, which has yet to be cast, is based on the band's autobiography "The Dirt" and is due out next year. Sixx says the band will be "completely involved" in the production.